iploma in Aeronautics and Astronautics (1992), TU-Stuttgart; Dr.-Ing. (1996), TU-Stuttgart; Research associate Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Department of Aeronautics, London (1997); Research associate, Ruhr-University Bochum (1998-2007); Professor at University Kassel since 2007;

Education- PhD in Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin, 2010- MSc in Mechanics of Construction, University of Liege, 2001- BSc in Civil Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture, 1997Academic career- Senior Lecturer at Vietnamese-German University, 2014-present.- Postdoc at University of New Mexico, USA, 2011-2013- Teaching Assistant at University of Texas at Austin, USA, 2005-2010Field expertise:

Diploma of Computer Science, obtained at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, 1980-1986Doctorial Thesis “On the Use of Knowledge-Based Systems in Structural Optimization, as Exemplified by Truss Optimization” in 1991Research Assistent at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, since 1992Research Associate at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, since 1996

Dr. Lehner studied computer science at the Technical University of Dortmund between 1980-1986. He then worked at the Department of Computer Science in Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Dortmund where he defended his thesis “On the Use of Knowledge-Based Systems in Structural Optimization, as Exemplified by Truss Optimization” in 1991. Since 2010, Dr. Lehner has been working at the Chair of Computing in Engineering in various research projects.Field expertise:

knowledge-based technologies in product modelingthe use of optimization concepts in engineering tasks,Internet-enabled computing

02/2002 Dr.-Ing. at University of Karlsruhe02/2002-09/2005 Postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Group of Computational Mechanics, Evanston, Illinois, USA with Prof. T. Belytschko10/2005-01/2007 Postdoctoral fellow at the Chair of ComputationalMechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, TechnicalUniversity of Munich, Germany with Prof. W.A. Wall02/2007-02/2009 Senior Lecturer at the University of Canterbury, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Christchurch, New Zealandsince 02/2009 Univ.-Professor at the Bauhaus University of Weimar, chair of Computational Mechanics, Institute of Structural Mechanics, Weimar, Germany2010-2013 Director of the Institute of Structural Mechanics at Bauhaus University Weimar

Membership and Awards

since 03/2012 Assistant Editor of 'Computational Mechanics'since 01/2015 Executive Editor of 'Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering' (Journal of the Chinese Academy of Engineering)since 09/2016 Associate Editor of 'International Journal of Impact Engineering'since 2014 Member of the Modeling Market Place (MMP) Working Group of the European Materials Modeling Council (EMMC)2014-2016 Listed in ISI-Highly Cited Researchers 2014, 2015 and 2016 in the categories 'Computer Science' and 'Engineering'

Diploma in Civil Engineering, HCM city University of Architecture, Vietnam (1998); European M.Sc. Mechanics of Construction (EMMC), University of Liege, Belgium (2001); Dr.-Ing, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (2009); Working at the Institute of Mechanics, Ruhr-University Bochum.http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/lam/personen/trinh.html